LEMUR-2-AMANDA-SVANTE

NORAD 48269· COSPAR 2021-034B· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO

Launch

Launched on Apr 29, 2021 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), French Guiana aboard a Vega.

Vega | Pléiades Neo 3 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 18:26 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Apr 29, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

453 km

Perigee

452 km

Inclination

97.57°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for LEMUR-2-AMANDA-SVANTE across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-18.6 km

Rate

-0.18 km/day

Now

452 × 453 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-034 (Vega | Pléiades Neo 3).

PLEIADES NEO 3 · 48268
AII-BRAVO · 48270
TYVAK-182A · 48271
NORSAT 3 · 48272
LEMUR-2-SPECIAL-K · 48273

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